Argument over trash at Loleta's Crab Park ends with head trauma

Two men were hospitalized after reportedly fighting over garbage on the ground at a Loleta park earlier this week, and authorities said Thursday they've made no arrests.

A 911 call sent Humboldt County Sheriff's Office deputies and medical personnel to Crab Park Wednesday around 6 p.m., according to a sheriff's office press release. The first deputy who arrived found a 60-year-old man bleeding from a head wound.

After talking to witnesses, the deputy learned a fight broke out after the man argued with a 22-year-old man about garbage next to the 22-year-old's car. According to the release, the younger man suffered head injuries after the 60-year-old threw him to the ground. Two women who were passengers in the younger man's car then reportedly attacked the 60-year-old. One of the women hit him multiple times with a stick, the release said, which left him with the head wound. The 60-year-old man told the deputy at the park that the other people involved in the fight fled in their car to get to a local hospital.

At least some of those involved in the fight had been drinking alcohol, according to the release.

After the 22-year-old man arrived at the hospital, he was flown to another hospital out of the area for his head trauma. The older man was taken to and released from a local hospital for his injuries.

The sheriff's office announced in the release that it's still investigating who the primary aggressor was, and added it will submit the case to the county district attorney's office for review.

Anyone with information regarding the case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the sheriff's office at 445-7251 or its crime tip line at 268-2539.